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EMPLOYEE WAS STACKING 50 LB BAGS OF LINE FROM CONVEYOR ONTO PALLETS RESULTING IN A SPRAIN TO THE RIGHT HAND.
EMPLOYEE WAS STACKING 50 LB BAGS OF LIME ONTO PALLETS. HE ATTEMPTED TO CATCH A BAG FROM FALLING TO THE FLOOR WHEN HIS LEFT HAND BENT BACK RESULTING IN A WRIST SPRAIN.
EMPLOYEE WAS OPERATING BOB CAT LOADER WHEN HIS RIGHT HAND BOUNCED OFF THE CONTROL LEVER STRIKING THE FRAME WORK INSIDE THE CAB RESULTING IN A FRACTURED BONE.
EE WAS GRINDING A PIECE OF METAL WITH HANDHELD PORTABLE GRINDER. THE METAL SLIPPED FROM EE S HAND COUNTING IN THE GRINDING WHEEL COMING A CONTACT WITH THE BACK OF HIS LEFT HAND.
EMPLOYEE WAS STEPPING OUT OF THE MANLIFT AND ONTO THE GROUND APPORX 8" WHEN HE STEPPED ON A STONE SPRAINING HIS RIGHT ANKLE.
THE EE WAS ATTEMPTING TO UNBLOCK THE DUST COLLECTOR BIN THROUGH A ROTARY AIRLOCK LEADER WHEN HIS GLOVE & TIP OF HIS MIDDLE FINGER ON LEFT HAND CAME IN CONTACT WITH THE ROTATING EQUIPMENT.
EE WAS WALKING UNDER CRUSHER EQUIPMENT. HE STEPPED OVER AN ELECTRICAL CORD. AS HE FELL HIS RIGHT FOOT TWISTED ON A BALLAST SIZED ROCK. ONE TO THE HE BROKE HIS FIBULA AND TIBIA.
EMPLOYEE WAS REMOVING A BEARING RACE FROM A BUCKET ELEVATOR DRIVE SHAFT. A PIECE OF THE BEARING RACE SPLINTERED OFF AND IMBEDDED INTO HIS RIGHT THIGH.
EE WAS SHOVELING DIRT OFF A WALKWAY WITH A SHOVEL EE FELT A POP IN HISKNEE. ON APRIL 21,1997 EE EXPERIENCED A SECOND POP HIS WAS DIAGNOSED ON THAT DAY WITH LEFT MEDICAL MENISEUS.
EE WAS RETRIEVING THE PLASTIC NON-ELECTRIC TUBING. AFTER HE HAD RETURNED TO THE BLASTSITE TO PERFORM HIS POST BLAST INSPECTION. HE WAS STANDING AT THE TOP OF THE LEVEL WHICH HE HAD JUST BLASTE D. UNKNOWN TO HIM, HE WAS STANDING ON NATURAL SEAM OF ROCK. THE ROCK SUDDENLY BROKE AWAY FROM THE FACE, WHICH CAUSED HIM TO FALL APPROX. 15 FT, AND WAS PINCHED BETWEEN THE ROCK THAT HAD FALLE
EE WAS MOVING A SUPERSACK (2000#) OF PRODUCT, WITH A HANDCART, HIS HAND WAS CAUGHT BETWEEN A WALL THE CART HANDLE. HE RECEIVED LACERATION TO HIS RIGHT HAND FINGER
EE TRIPPED ON AN EXTENSION CORD WHILE PUSHING A WHEELBARROW. HE FELL ON WHEELBARROW AND FRACTURED HIS RIB
EE WAS TROUBLESHOOTING A CIRCUIT WHEN IT WAS DETERMINED THAT THE KNIVES ON A FUSIBLE DISCONNECT WERE NOT ENGAGING. THE EMPLOYEE, A QUALIFIED ELECTRICIAN, USED A SCREWDRIVER TO RESEAT THE KNIVE S. HE DROPPED THE SCREWDRIVER WHICH CONTACTED THE ENERGIZED COMPONENTS. THIS CAUSED A FIREBALL WHICH BURNED THE EMPLOYEE'S ARMS AND CHEEKS.
EMPLOYEE WAS DESANDING SECOND STEP TO FIRST STEP OF A 5' STEP LADDER. HE MISSED THE STEP, LOST HIS BALANCE AND FELL 1 FOOT TO FLOOR. HE LANDED ON HIS RIGHT SIDE.
EE WAS TRAVELING DOWN A QUARRY RAMP AT AN IMPROPER SPEED, HE APPLIED BRAKE SERVICE AND EMERGENCY ATTEMPTING TO CONTROL VEHICLE HE PANICED BEFORE REGUARING CONTROL AND JUMPED OUT OF THE TRUCK. THE TRUCK HIT A BERM AND STOPPED IN 15 YDS AWAY.
EE WAS NAILING PLYWOOD SHEETS TO WALL IN WAREHOUSE. HE WAS WORKING BENT OVER. HE WAS WEARING SAFETY GLASSES WHILE DRIVING NAIL WITH A HAMMER. THE NAIL DISLODGED AND WAS FLUNG TOWARD EE.
INDIVIDUAL WAS LAYING ON BACK TIGHTENING A BOLT DUST FELL ON INDIVIDUAL WEARING SAFETY GLASSES FACE WHEN HE STOOD UP, DUST SHIFTED INTO HIS EYE.
UTILITY PERSON WAS CLEANING CATWALKS ADJACENT TO CONE CRUSHER PLATFORM HEAD LADDER WAS LIFTED UP AND OUT AND UTILITY MAN S WAY IN ORDER TO MUCH OUT UNDERNEATH. LADDER WAS NOT FASTERED TO PREVE NT IT FROM FALLING WHEN UTILITY MAN PROCEDED WITH CLEANING THE LADDER SWUNG DOWN STRIKING HIM.
EE WAS WORKING ON A TRUCK CROSSING GRATE PROJECT. WHILE PREPPING THE USRFACE OF THE STEEL WITH AN ELECTRIC SIDE GRINDER, SOME GRINDING DUST GOT INTO EE'S EYE. EE STATED HE WAS WEARING SAFETY G LASSES AND A FACE SHIELD.